"Eat some."
"Um."
Regardless of the pool of blood on the ground, Liu Rengui sat down, took two pancakes and gnawed on them, still saying hesitantly: "You stay behind tomorrow."
"Why?!" The burly man's eyes widened.
"You have killed six Turkic soldiers today, which is enough." Liu Rengui glared angrily, "There are not many Daidi warriors left. Hu Laosan lost an arm and just went to see , couldn’t resist.”
"Dead?" The big man was stunned, and then said after a moment: "I remember that the Duke of Leshou County wanted to take him back to Chang'an, but it's a pity that he refused."
The so-called Duke of Leshou County refers to Li Shan's personal guard commander Wang Junhao. This big man is Sun Dalang. He and Hu Laosan are both soldiers of the Daizhou Army brought by Zhang Shigui and Xue Wanche from Hedong last year. Their number is only a few hundred.
On the snowy night of New Year's Eve at Xiaoguan, the eight hundred warriors Li Shan selected were mainly his personal guards, Duan Decao's Yanzhou soldiers, and then selected some from Daizhou soldiers.
Sun Dalang, Hu Laosan, and Liu Rengui were all warriors who defeated Xiao Pass and stayed in the Lingzhou army after the war. Liu Rengui had made meritorious service continuously last year, especially in the Battle of Lingzhou. After the war, he was promoted to General of Hussars. , Sun Dalang and Hu Laosan were both junior high schools in the military.
There are many grassroots generals like this. They are the basis for Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian to control the Lingzhou Army after Li Shan returned to Beijing. In other words, they can all belong to the Wei Siwang faction.
After a moment of silence, Sun Dalang shook his head and said, "It's better to stay in front, but my left arm has been pulled out of a hole. I can't use the bow, but I can still use the sword."
"With an army of 30,000 people, you are the only one capable?!" A rough voice sounded from behind, and Kan Ling slapped Sun Dalang on the back of the head. "I remember when I was in Yanmen, my legs were shaking, for fear of being frightened. Pee!"
There was a roar of laughter all around, and Sun Dalang, who was blushing, shouted angrily, "Who is trembling? Who is trembling?"
Sun Dalang was also a descendant of a powerful clan in Dai County, and was a member of Li Shan's personal guard. When Li Gaoqian abandoned his army and fled, the Turks pursued him all the way to Yanmen Pass. Kan Ling and Wang Junhao were ordered to attack, and they blocked the Turks' advance in many dangers. A large number of deserters survived. At that time, Sun Dalang was under Kan Ling's command.
Amidst the commotion, the guards behind Kan Ling came over with a wooden bucket, and scooped out the sticky meat soup from the bucket with a long spoon. The soldiers took it one by one with a smile. In this era, there were few soldiers at the bottom. Opportunity to eat meat.
Although Liu Rengui was a child of an aristocratic family, he had been in the army for a few years and was mostly fighting at the bottom. He had long lost his aristocratic style. He took a bowl and drank it in several gulps without thinking, while Sun Dalang was muttering beside him.
"You have meat to eat, so what's there to complain about?"
These were all Turkic war horses that were shot and killed in today's battle. It was impossible for the Tang army to heal their wounds, and there was no extra food and grass. Naturally, they killed them and boiled them into meat soup and distributed them to the soldiers. However, the taste was not satisfactory.
Sun Dalang sighed, "I followed Alang in Guji Town, and in the end I only had meat soup. I was really tired of eating it."
"What?" Liu Rengui was greatly surprised, "You are actually in Guji Town!"
"It's a pity that my leg was broken at that time, otherwise I would have followed Alang into the battle, and maybe I could have made a hussar general!"
Liu Rengui laughed and cursed a few times, but he also knew that Sun Dalang was really not talking nonsense. Most of those who survived Guji Town were now serving in the Daizhou Army, and there were only one or two who served as generals of hussars and generals.
"It's a pity that His Highness King Wei Si is not here this time, otherwise after this great victory over the Turks, there will be a masterpiece." Liu Rengui said with a smile: "If I want to drive Qingqi away, the heavy snow will cover my bow and sword!"
Someone from behind laughed and said, "I can't believe I want to give it to Ashina Sheer again!"
With laughter, Duan Zhixuan and Hou Hongtao strolled over with a dozen personal guards.
Everyone laughed. Liu Rengui was regarded as a member of Li Shan's lineage after he went to Xiaoguan with Li Shanxue at night. Therefore, many of Li Shan's old troops under his command knew that Li Shan gave this poem to the current Dubu after the great victory of Yanmen. Khan.
"Ashina She'er will definitely be famous in history." Duan Zhixuan laughed and said: "There are only three or two people in the world who can receive poems from King Wei Si. Such famous works will definitely be passed down to future generations."
Hou Hongtao pointed his fingers and said, "Princess Wei Si is one, Ashina She'er is one, uh, the same year as the Jinshi list is also counted."
Duan Zhixuan looked into the dark night in the distance, "After defeating the Turks, I should ask Wei Siwang to congratulate me with a poem."
In general, in the eastern defense line, which bore the heaviest pressure, the atmosphere at the top and bottom of the Tang Army maintained a tense yet relaxed state. This was largely related to Li Shan.
The reason is also very simple. The pressure on the eastern defense line is the heaviest, so Zhang Zhongjian placed his most trusted troops here... To put it bluntly, most of the troops here are the old troops of Li Shan and Su Dingfang, the two commanders-in-chief of the Lingzhou Road March.
In fact, not only the eastern defense line, but also the generals entrusted with important tasks by Zhang Zhongjian in the entire Mingsha Camp were basically Li Shan's old troops. Shi Danai, Duan Zhixuan, Hou Hongtao, He Fang, and Kan Ling were all Li Shan's. Former subordinates and even close associates.
Therefore, more than 20 miles away from the Mingsha Camp, in a small city by the Yellow River, a Tang army of seven to eight thousand people was stationed. The generals leading the army were Hou Junji, Guo Xiaoke, Feng Li, and He Liu.
Among these four people, although Hou Junji and Li Shan have some connections, they rarely interact with each other. Guo Xiaoke and Li Shan have personal grudges. Although Feng Li is Li Shan's old subordinate, the former is a confidant general of the East Palace. Now the King of Qin can always It is possible that when Zhang Zhongjian entered the East Palace, he obviously deliberately excluded him.
Having also experienced the first battle, Zhongning suffered much less pressure than Mingsha Camp. After all, there was a tall city wall as an obstacle. The Turkic cavalry was unwilling to attack the city, so they couldn't fly up the city wall on horseback.
After leaving nearly a hundred corpses under the city wall, the Turks withdrew their troops. Guo Xiaoke looked toward the northeast with a gloomy face, feeling resentful. In his opinion, this was Zhang Zhongjian's rejection of dissidents.
"You really don't want to write a letter to Your Highness?"
Faced with Guo Xiaoke's third inquiry, Hou Junji shook his head, "It's not necessary. What if I write to His Highness?"
Without waiting for Guo Xiaoke's reply, Hou Junji quickly said: "Zhang Wu'an is guarding Yuanzhou. Unless the Turks are defeated, he will never send troops."
"Someone refers to Zhang Zhongjian..."
"It's even more impossible." Hou Junji shook his head again, "Zhang Zhongjian is a close confidant of King Wei Si..."
After a pause, Hou Junji added: "Not everyone is like King Si of Wei. Now that the war has begun, the morale of the army is in chaos, and even you and I will not be spared from the defeat."
Hou Junji knew Guo Xiaoke's thoughts very clearly. He wanted to imitate Li Huairen's seizure of the army and seize the command of the Lingzhou Army... Zhang Zhongjian was incompetent and courageous. The Lingzhou Army was in danger. If he had Li Shimin's support, It is not impossible for the King of Qin's lineage to seize command.
But Hou Junji refused and did not dare to use this method at this time. If he failed, the whole army would be annihilated.
What's more, on the one hand, Hou Junji knew very well that Guo Xiaoke's anger was not due to Zhang Zhongjian's retreat, but to the large amount of treasures and property that Guo Xiaoke had collected and lost in Lingwu County.
On the other hand, as a famous general who shined in history during the Zhenguan period, Hou Junji was keenly aware of Zhang Zhongjian's various advantages in garrisoning Mingsha after a brief moment of anger.
(End of chapter)
